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AIRLINES
Riyadh, KSA: SAUDIA, the national airline of Saudi Arabia and a Strategic Partner
and Official Carrier for Riyadh Season, treated its guests with a series of festivalthemed
surprises during a special flight from Paris to Riyadh on 8 February 2022.
The initiative came as part of the airline’s efforts to promote the popular cultural
and entertainment event among guests arriving in the Kingdom.
Passengers found themselves on board a fully decorated aircraft featuring Riyadh
Season's official colors on the plane's seats, safety instruction cards, and meal
wrappers. Cabin crew members also wore brooches bearing the official logo of the
festival.
Guests enjoyed a promotional video highlighting the main attractions of the
cultural and entertainment event, which was shared on the aircraft’s inflight
entertainment system. Passengers also received special branded gifts and free
tickets for several of Riyadh Season 2021’s most prominent events, including
Riyadh Boulevard.
SAUDIA boosts Riyadh
Season with special livery
and promotional flight
from Paris to KSA capital
Commenting on SAUDIA’s role as Strategic
Partner and Official Carrier for the festival,
Khaled Tash, Group Chief Marketing Officer at
SAUDIA, said: “We are proud of our initiatives to
promote Riyadh Season among our Guests and
highlight Saudi Arabia as a major global tourist
and entertainment destination. We hope that
these activities and the special gifts provided to
our passengers will encourage them to visit the
festival and discover its many unique events and
attractions. Our sponsorship of Riyadh Season
comes as part of our commitment to serving as
the ‘Wings of Vision 2030’ by supporting the
growth of travel, tourism, and entertainment in
the Kingdom, in line with our ambitious target of
welcoming 100 million visits annually by 2030.”
SAUDIA's participation in Riyadh Season 2021
follows the national carrier’s major success in
supporting the previous edition of the festival.
This year, several companies under the SAUDIA
Group, including SAUDIA Air Transport, Saudia
Cargo, Saudia Logistics Services (SAL) and
flyadeal, SAUDIA Group’s low-cost airline,
supported the event.
SAUDIA has launched a series of holiday
packages and attractive deals to promote
Riyadh Season, a much-awaited arts and
entertainment festival in Saudi Arabia, to help
position the capital as a leading global
destination for international tourists.
flydubai now has 12 flights a week with two airpo s served in Istanbul
DUBAI, UAE: flydubai has resumed flights to Istanbul’s
Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) from 02 March with five
weekly flights, thus, increasing its total frequency to
the city to 12 flights a week as it flies daily to Istanbul
Airport (IST).
flydubai’s network in Turkey also includes the capital,
Ankara, where it operates two weekly flights.
Commenting on the relaunch of the flights, Jeyhun
Efendi, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
and E-commerce at flydubai, said: “flydubai remains
committed to making travel more accessible by
providing more choice for our passengers. Istanbul
remains a popular destination on our network and we
welcome the resumption of our operations to Sabiha
Gökçen Airport, an airport that provides another
convenient option for those travelling to Istanbul. We
look forward to welcoming our passengers as they
travel with flydubai onboard our Boeing 737 MAX
aircraft.”
Istanbul offers a wonderful mix of Europe and Asia,
with plenty of options for shopping, dining and sight-seeing. It
remains one of the most visited cities in the world and
continues to be an important economic hub. Sabiha Gökçen
Airport (SAW) is located on the Asian side of Istanbul, offering
more options for passengers travelling to and from the city.
Emirates will codeshare on this route offering travelers more
options for
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